New building for Pacific Northwest National Lab campus RICHLAND — The federal government’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will build a new $90 million energy sciences research building on its Richland campus.
A contract to design and construct the building has been awarded to a Houston-based team of Harvey Cleary Builders and Kirksey Architecture.
The Tri-City Herald says the facility will cover 110,000 to 145,000 square feet. More
‘Scumbag’ comment gets juror removed in Pasco double-murder trial. Judge says it’s not her fault PASCO, Wa. — A relative of a Pasco homicide victim, who phoned a juror last week, admitted calling the accused killer a “scumbag” during the brief telephone conversation.
The relative was tracked down and interviewed by a defense investigator on Friday after the juror in Hector Orozco Jr.’s double-murder trial told court officials about the phone call.
On Tuesday, attorney Daniel Stovern renewed his claim of jury tampering based on the conversation between “Juror No. More
New trial starts for 2 charged in homeless camp killing SEATTLE — A new trial has started for brothers accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding three others at the Seattle homeless encampment known as the Jungle.
The Seattle Times reports James and Jerome Taafulisia are being tried for again on murder and assault charges in connection with the Jan. More
Woman sues Home Depot for $1.5M after termination BEND, Ore. — A Bend Paralympic athlete is suing Home Depot for $1.5 million, claiming the company did not consider her disability when it fired her in 2017.
The Bulletin reports in a complaint filed Tuesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court, Barbara Buchan claims that after suffering a concussion in a fall at work, management fired her for keeping $11 worth of presentation materials in her vehicle overnight. More
1 dead in Burien fire BURIEN — A woman was found dead and a second was injured as fire burned an apartment building in Burien.
KOMO reports that firefighters arrived at the Forest View Apartments around 6 p.m. Tuesday to find flames burning on at least three floors.
About two dozen people from seven affected apartments are receiving assistance from the Red Cross. More
Franklin County Sheriff's Office launches new app to notify residents of major crimes, threats The smartphone app will also notify users of snow emergencies, public safety threats and traffic accidents. What merits a notification will ultimately be left up to Sheriff Dallas Baldwin. 01/14/2025 - 7:34 am | View Link
Corrections Division | Franklin County, WA The Franklin County Corrections Center is a 320-bed holding facility with an actual rated holding capacity of 300 offenders. The majority of the offender population is offenders being held on local charges, but there are also offenders being held for other counties, the Department of Corrections, and U.S. Marshalls Office. 01/17/2025 - 4:20 am | View Website
Booking Find Booking Find - Franklin County, Ohio ... Current: Race: 01/17/2025 - 4:12 am | View Website
Franklin County Sheriff The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has implemented a new online inmate information search. The following information is now available through this search. Please be advised that any bond information should still be obtained through the Clerk of Courts office. Current Inmates; Current Charges; Current Case Numbers; Current Location for visitation 01/17/2025 - 12:59 am | View Website
Inmate Roster – Franklin County A department sworn to protect and serve the citizens of Franklin County, Indiana. 01/16/2025 - 10:15 pm | View Website
ALL INMATES POSITIONS OPEN! Click Here FMI. To access mug shots, click on the inmate image which will open in a new window for downloading. 01/16/2025 - 8:13 pm | View Website
MIAMI – You can’t spell Miami Heat without meh.
Which is exactly where Erik Spoelstra’s team stands at the midpoint of the 82-game regular-season schedule, at 21-20.
And you can’t find the 2024-25 Miami Heat without looking all the way down to – once again – the play-in portion of the Eastern Conference standings.
So, no, everything is not fine at midseason.
Because as much as anything, you can’t have a read on where this is headed over the second half of the schedule until you find out where Jimmy Butler is headed.
Yes, there was intrigue in Sunday’s victory over the San Antonio Spurs with Spoelstra relenting and playing Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware together for an extended stretch for the first time.
But that also came in a game Butler scored eight points.
Against the Spurs, you can win with eight-point Jimmy Butler.
Against the top of the East, you cannot.
But that’s also the rub, because by body language and “no comment,” it remains clear that Butler wants out.
By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press
CONCORD, N. H. (AP) — Cecile Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.
Richards died Monday at home “surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie,” her family said in a statement.
“Our hearts are broken today but no words can do justice to the joy she brought to our lives,” the family said.
FILE – Cecile Richards, former President of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Texas Gov.
By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minutes before leaving the presidency, Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying Monday that his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.”
“Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end,” he said as his presidential term was ending.
The family pardons were the surprise finale in a series of unprecedented presidential actions by the Democrat, who has been known as an intuitionalist during his half-century in politics. Biden also pardoned Dr.
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
Peltier was denied parole as recently as July and wasn’t eligible for parole again until 2026.
By JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — A massive 70-member choir belted out “Hallelujah” to open a Martin Luther King Jr. Day service Monday at his former congregation in Atlanta, followed by a stern message from his youngest daughter warning against anti-woke rhetoric.
The service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta was among the most prominent commemorations of King planned across the country Monday.
By GEOFF MULVIHILL, AYANNA ALEXANDER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Associated Press
President Donald Trump will sign executive orders Monday rolling back protections for transgender people and terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government in what he described in his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.”
Both are major shifts for the federal policy and are in line with Trump’s campaign promises.
One order would declare that the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female.
The definition will be based on whether people are born with eggs or sperm, rather than on their chromosomes.